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Thomas Jefferson, then Benjamin Franklin changed it.
draft the declaration of independence
Congress selected a committee to draft a declaration of independence. The committee was composed of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman.
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston and Roger Sherman
Five People were chosen. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman.
The writer of the Declaration was Thomas Jefferson
The first draft of the Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson. Ben Franklin and John Adams made some minor changes to the language that was originally included Declaration of Independence .
The five men who drafted the Declaration of Independence were Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman. The first draft was written by Thomas Jefferson.
He didn't. On June 11, 1776, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman were were given the duty to draft it. The writing was done by Jefferson. The first draft was revised by Franklin, Adams, and Jefferson before it was sent to Congress, where it was again changed.
Benjamin Franklin did help to write and revise the Declaration. Although he was sick with gout at the time of the drafting, Thomas Jefferson brought him a copy of the rough draft and asked for his revisions.
The so-called Committee of Five that was selected to draft the Declaration consisted of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston and Roger Sherman. Jefferson did the entire initial draft. Adams and Franklin made some changes before it was submitted to Congress. Sherman and Livingston did not contribute to the drafting itself.
Benjamin Franklin was an extremely important statesman, he a) helped write/draft the declaration of independence b) was a diplomat to France, and helped convince them to help the USA and a lot more. Those are just 2 major examples of what he did.